The following list of broad-leaved herbs can be readily grown in New Zealand gardens:
Aciphylla dieffenbachii
Common names: Dieffenbach’s speargrass, soft speargrass, coxella
Family: Apiaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Anaphalioides bellidioides
Common names: Hell’s bells
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Azorella polaris
Family: Apiaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Celmisia holosericea
Common names: mountain daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Celmisia lindsayi
Common names: Lindsay’s daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Celmisia mackaui
Common names: Banks Peninsula daisy, Akaroa daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Endangered
Celmisia semicordata subsp. semicordata
Common names: large mountain daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Celmisia sessiliflora
Common names: white cushion mountain daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Celmisia traversii
Common names: mountain daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Celmisia verbascifolia subsp. verbascifolia
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Elatostema rugosum
Common names: parataniwha, New Zealand begonia
Family: Urticaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Euphorbia glauca
Common names: shore spurge, sea spurge, waiu-atua, sand milkweed
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable
Forstera tenella
Family: Stylidiaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Fuchsia procumbens
Common names: creeping fuchsia, climbing fuchsia, trailing fuchsia
Family: Onagraceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Geranium sessiliflorum var. arenarium
Common names: short-flowered cranesbill
Family: Geraniaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Geranium traversii
Common names: Chatham Island geranium
Family: Geraniaceae
Status: At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
Geum uniflorum
Common names: alpine avens
Family: Rosaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Gingidia montana
Common names: mountain aniseed, New Zealand aniseed
Family: Apiaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Gunnera hamiltonii
Family: Gunneraceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Critical
Gunnera prorepens
Family: Gunneraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Lepidium oleraceum
Common names: nau, Cook’s scurvy grass
Family: Brassicaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Endangered
Leucogenes leontopodium
Common names: North Island edelweiss
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Lobelia angulata
Common names: pratia
Family: Campanulaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Lobelia physaloides
Common names: colensoa, koru
Family: Campanulaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable
Myosotidium hortensia
Common names: kopakopa, Chatham Island forget-me-not, kopukapuka
Family: Boraginaceae
Status: At Risk – Declining
Myosotis colensoi
Common names: Castle Hill forget-me not
Family: Boraginaceae
Status: Threatened – Nationally Endangered
Myosotis macrantha
Common names: bronze forget-me-not
Family: Boraginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Ourisia macrophylla subsp. macrophylla
Common names: mountain foxglove
Family: Plantaginaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Ranunculus insignis
Common names: korikori, hairy alpine buttercup, hairy mountain buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Ranunculus lyallii
Common names: giant buttercup, great mountain buttercup, Mount Cook buttercup, Mount Cook lily
Family: Ranunculaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Ranunculus sericophyllus
Common names: silky alpine buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Raoulia grandiflora
Common names: large-flowered mat daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Raoulia hookeri var. hookeri
Common names: scabweed, scabweed mat daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Not Threatened
Scleranthus biflorus
Common names: Canberra grass
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Status: Not Threatened
Sonchus grandifolius
Common names: Pūhā pārākau rahi, embergeria, Chatham Island sow thistle
Family: Asteraceae
Status: At Risk – Recovering
Wahlenbergia albomarginata subsp. albomarginata
Common names: New Zealand harebell, harebell
Family: Campanulaceae
Status: Not Threatened
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